The rewards may improve attendance (they have in some schools), and students who attend more regularly may become more interested in their studies and do better in school. But extrinsic rewards can also decrease intrinsic motivation
and when they are withdrawn (e.g., when the student goes to another school or to college), attendance may plummet ("If there's no reward, why should I attend?"). Further, students may come to expect bigger and bigger rewards, upping the ante. In some schools, especially those that have de-emphasized penalties for poor attendance, the rewards have backfired and attendance has actually fallen. (Bonus question: Can you now apply these points to parents who pay their children for everything from brushing their teeth to behaving themselves in a restaurant?)
What will be an ideal response?
To a social-cognitive theorist, the fact that we can learn without being reinforced for any obvious responses shows that we do not learn specific responses but rather ______________.
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Sigmund Freud's theory would be classified as a __________ theory
a. humanistic b. psychodynamic c. behavioral d. social learning
Methodicalness and industriousness are two distinct dimensions of the factor in the five
factors model of personality known as __________ . Fill in the blanks with correct word
Which of the following changes in children would one expect to see in the first few years after divorce?
A) They typically become more passive and compliant. B) School performance usually improves. C) They typically show more aggressive, defiant, or negative behavior. D) If they are adolescent, they are less likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol.
Exact interpretation in template matching is difficult in that:
A) color affects the decision process B) there is no need for a comparable internal form in order to recognize a shape C) research participants cannot identify a "perfect" letter D) one can rarely recognize inverted patterns E) recognition may not occur if an object is even minimally misaligned